Everybody Hertz 2026 — a sound art festival

Immerse yourself in the multifaceted world of artistic audio with intriguing work from the Radio programme at RITCS — creators who approach sound as material, space and experience.

During the day, Everybody Hertz focuses on deepening knowledge and exchange within the school. Radio students and other interested students, such as Sound Design, participate in lectures and workshops on research, podcast creation and physical sound installations. With contributions from Hannah Lyssens, Frederik De Clercq and Anne van de Star, it will be a day full of listening, creating and thinking about sound. (This day programme is exclusively for students.)

In the evening, Everybody Hertz opens its doors to a wider audience. During a series of performances, you will experience sound art in various forms: from intimate performances to a live set, spread across the Blackbox and the RITCS café:

Anne van de Star — performance (Blackbox) < 20:00
Anne van de Star presents work based on her research into the physical and spatial aspects of sound. Using breath, pressure and movement as musical forces, she creates a performative sound experience in which the body itself becomes part of the instrument.

Hannah Lyssens — performance (RITCS café) < 20:45

In this performance, foley and live electronics merge into an imaginary sound environment. Using everyday objects, Hannah builds small sounds into a vast auditory landscape, in which each listener finds their own way. The work is part of an artistic project focusing on collective listening to the sounds of our changing environment.

Hertenhout (Frederik De Clercq) — live set (RITCS café) < 21:30

Frederik De Clercq has been active for years as a creator of sound and music for numerous podcasts and has become an established figure in the Flemish audio landscape. Under the name Hertenhout, he presents a live set in which narrative, atmosphere and sound exploration come together — balancing between composition and experiment, and rooted in his extensive experience with auditory storytelling. Check out the recently released second EP Voilà and you'll know what to expect: a balancing act between addictive melancholy and chaotic, unbridled joie de vivre (with a musical pop arrangement in technicolour in between).

Everybody Hertz is an invitation to listen differently.

To not only hear sound, but to experience it — as space, as movement, as shared attention.